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NASA's Juno Detects Io's Most Powerful Volcanic Eruption Yet
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has recorded the most powerful volcanic eruption on Io, Jupiter’s most volcanic moon. The eruption site, detected on 27 December 2024, is fueled by a massive magma chamber spanning 105,000 square kilometers. The heat energy released is estimated at 80 trillion watts, exceeding Earth’s total power output. The volcanic ac...
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200 Years On, 'Mystery Volcano' That Cooled Earth In 1831, Found
The annual average temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere came down by around 1 degree Celsius during one of the most powerful eruptions in the 19th century.
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Iceland Volcano Erupts For 5th Time Since December, Shoots Lava Over 50 Metres Into Air
A volcano in southwestern Iceland sent glowing hot lava shooting more than 50 metres into the air on Wednesday, its fifth eruption since December and the most powerful one since its volcanic system became active three years ago.
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Iceland Prepares For Volcanic Eruption, Plans To Shield Geothermal Plant
Icelandic authorities were on Tuesday preparing to build defence walls around a geothermal power plant in the southwestern part of the country that they hope will protect it from lava flows amid concerns of an imminent volcanic eruption.
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Tongan Volcano Eruption Plume Soars "Halfway To Space", Highest On Record
The powerful Jan. 15 underwater eruption of Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in the South Pacific produced a plume that soared higher into Earth's atmosphere than any other on record - about 35 miles.
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A Year On, El Salvador's Bitcoin Experiment Is Stumbling
A year after El Salvador adopted bitcoin as legal tender, the area where the world's first cryptocurrency city was meant to be built - a circular metropolis powered by a volcano - is still dense jungle.
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Tonga Volcanic Eruption Equivalent To Hundreds Of Hiroshimas, Says NASA
The Tonga volcanic eruption unleashed explosive forces that dwarfed the power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, NASA scientists have said, as survivors on Monday described how the devastating Pacific blast "messed up our brains".
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El Salvador Plans World's First Bitcoin City
The city planned in the eastern region of La Union would get geothermal power from a volcano and not levy any taxes except for value added tax
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Will Volcanic Geo-Thermal Energy Soon Power ‘Clean’ Bitcoin Mining in El Savador?
El Salvador President has instructed the state-owned geothermal power supplier to enable Bitcoin mining centres near the volcanos for clean energy.
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Biggest Volcano Explosion Yet Hits Tiny Caribbean Island
Hot flows of ash, rock fragments and gas tore down the flanks of the La Soufriere volcano on the tiny Caribbean island of Saint Vincent on Monday after its most powerful explosion yet, four days after it first started erupting.
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Volcano Spews Ash, Hot Gravel On Caribbean Island Of St Vincent. Video
Ash and hot gravel rained down Friday on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent, after powerful eruptions from a volcano that had been dormant for decades sent thousands of panicked locals fleeing to safety.
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Japan Court Halts Nuclear Reactor Restart Citing Volcano, Earthquake Risks
A Japanese nuclear reactor near a fault line must remain shut because of the risk of its being struck by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, a high court ordered on Friday.
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TVS Sport 100 cc Motorcycle Launched In Sri Lanka
TVS Motor Company has recently announced the launch of its 100 cc motorcycle, TVS Sport, in Sri Lanka. The Chennai-based two-wheeler manufacturer has introduced the motorcycle with new sporty graphics and styling, with a 3D Chrome TVS logo on the fuel tank.
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Volcano Eruption On Italian Island Of Stromboli Kills 1
A volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli erupted on Wednesday, releasing hot trapped magma in a powerful explosion, killing one person and enveloping the popular tourist destination in ash, witnesses and local officials said.
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Flights Cancelled As Volcano Erupts In Indonesia's Bali
More than a dozen flights were cancelled on Indonesia's island of Bali on Saturday due to an ash cloud emitted by a fresh eruption of Mount Agung volcano.
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NASA's Juno Detects Io's Most Powerful Volcanic Eruption Yet
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has recorded the most powerful volcanic eruption on Io, Jupiter’s most volcanic moon. The eruption site, detected on 27 December 2024, is fueled by a massive magma chamber spanning 105,000 square kilometers. The heat energy released is estimated at 80 trillion watts, exceeding Earth’s total power output. The volcanic ac...
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200 Years On, 'Mystery Volcano' That Cooled Earth In 1831, Found
The annual average temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere came down by around 1 degree Celsius during one of the most powerful eruptions in the 19th century.
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Iceland Volcano Erupts For 5th Time Since December, Shoots Lava Over 50 Metres Into Air
A volcano in southwestern Iceland sent glowing hot lava shooting more than 50 metres into the air on Wednesday, its fifth eruption since December and the most powerful one since its volcanic system became active three years ago.
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Iceland Prepares For Volcanic Eruption, Plans To Shield Geothermal Plant
Icelandic authorities were on Tuesday preparing to build defence walls around a geothermal power plant in the southwestern part of the country that they hope will protect it from lava flows amid concerns of an imminent volcanic eruption.
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Tongan Volcano Eruption Plume Soars "Halfway To Space", Highest On Record
The powerful Jan. 15 underwater eruption of Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in the South Pacific produced a plume that soared higher into Earth's atmosphere than any other on record - about 35 miles.
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A Year On, El Salvador's Bitcoin Experiment Is Stumbling
A year after El Salvador adopted bitcoin as legal tender, the area where the world's first cryptocurrency city was meant to be built - a circular metropolis powered by a volcano - is still dense jungle.
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Tonga Volcanic Eruption Equivalent To Hundreds Of Hiroshimas, Says NASA
The Tonga volcanic eruption unleashed explosive forces that dwarfed the power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, NASA scientists have said, as survivors on Monday described how the devastating Pacific blast "messed up our brains".
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El Salvador Plans World's First Bitcoin City
The city planned in the eastern region of La Union would get geothermal power from a volcano and not levy any taxes except for value added tax
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Will Volcanic Geo-Thermal Energy Soon Power ‘Clean’ Bitcoin Mining in El Savador?
El Salvador President has instructed the state-owned geothermal power supplier to enable Bitcoin mining centres near the volcanos for clean energy.
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Biggest Volcano Explosion Yet Hits Tiny Caribbean Island
Hot flows of ash, rock fragments and gas tore down the flanks of the La Soufriere volcano on the tiny Caribbean island of Saint Vincent on Monday after its most powerful explosion yet, four days after it first started erupting.
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Volcano Spews Ash, Hot Gravel On Caribbean Island Of St Vincent. Video
Ash and hot gravel rained down Friday on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent, after powerful eruptions from a volcano that had been dormant for decades sent thousands of panicked locals fleeing to safety.
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Japan Court Halts Nuclear Reactor Restart Citing Volcano, Earthquake Risks
A Japanese nuclear reactor near a fault line must remain shut because of the risk of its being struck by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, a high court ordered on Friday.
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TVS Sport 100 cc Motorcycle Launched In Sri Lanka
TVS Motor Company has recently announced the launch of its 100 cc motorcycle, TVS Sport, in Sri Lanka. The Chennai-based two-wheeler manufacturer has introduced the motorcycle with new sporty graphics and styling, with a 3D Chrome TVS logo on the fuel tank.
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Volcano Eruption On Italian Island Of Stromboli Kills 1
A volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli erupted on Wednesday, releasing hot trapped magma in a powerful explosion, killing one person and enveloping the popular tourist destination in ash, witnesses and local officials said.
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Flights Cancelled As Volcano Erupts In Indonesia's Bali
More than a dozen flights were cancelled on Indonesia's island of Bali on Saturday due to an ash cloud emitted by a fresh eruption of Mount Agung volcano.
